16 August 2009

Our Love is {Sphere} to Stay!

Adults spend an astonishing nine hours per day looking at rectangularscreens: computer, TV, iPhone, blackberry (aren't I this very minute looking intently at my Mac screen, scrutinizing every word and pixel, in a rush to get this post done before the season premiere of Mad Men?).

And, as a designer, I spend an extravagant amount of time concerned with rectangles: graph paper, doors, windows, floorplans, tiles, floors, picture frames, rugs, cabinets, countertops....on and on the list of angular items grows. And it seems the younger and hipper the client, the more straight lines there are.

The Artist Model Keeps Two of Artefact's Wire Spheres Company

Is it any wonder then, that where ever I go, I see spheres? O happy sight! Roundness, curves that are so curvy they meet themselves again in an eternal embrace! No angles to square? Relief!

Outscoutingdesignideasyesterday,I fell hard for spheres. The antidote to too many angles in our worlds.

Starfish-Covered Spheres on French Deco Club Chairs

Mossy Green Spheres in an Old French Urn for the Garden

Big Statement Spheres From Reclaimed Wood

A Spiky Little Guy Adds Oceanic Interest

Galileo Might Have Liked the Way These Spheres are Shaping Up

We Can Only Wonder What The Buddha Is Thinking About This Big Red Sphere

7 comments:

Hey Denny, send pics, I love round too! It is amazing how necessary it is to our well-being to have a place for our eyes to rest in our homes. Outside, ok, we have clouds, nature. But so many interiors are squared off and angled...relief is needed!

Hi Nicolette! yes thanks for stopping by. Round is good and so many don't realize we need that balance in our visual/tactile worlds...it has a subliminal effect on our psyches to be always surrounded by sharp lines, angles and squares without the relief of roundness/curves...it is stressful. Great to hear from you, and I am really liking some of your furniture. Everyone should check out her site!